Jon Brennan comes from a long line of men in uniform; all born and bred to both bleed and wear blue. His family and the majority of his co-workers support him every step of the way, so he doesn’t need to hide the fact that he prefers men over women. Between the job and his larger than life, loud and rowdy half Irish, half Italian family, there isn’t much time for dating, much less finding a guy that can deal with the stress and demands placed on the shoulders of an NYPD Detective.

Kory White is cocky and abrasive with most people, but it is all a mirage, a façade he hides behind to keep his heart safe. As a child, Kory lost his mother to an act of violence. Soon after, he and his baby sister Kassandra were separated by the system. Kassandra was immediately adopted, but Kory spent the next ten years cycling through foster homes before moving to the Big Apple. In an effort to keep everyone at a distance, Kory has meticulously built himself an alter ego: Hayden Cox, All Cocks’ cockiest model.

These two strong willed men definitely prove opposites do attract. Both are stubborn and hard headed to a fault, Kory more so than Jon. But Jon is used to being in control, the one calling the shots, and Kory fights him at every turn. Just when it seems they have found a way to navigate the unchartered territory that is love, tragedy knocks on Kory’s door yet again. Volatile and strong, even in the face of adversity, both men refuse to give up on each other - or their love.

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Jon Brennan comes from a long line of men in uniform; all born and bred to both bleed and wear blue. His family and the majority of his co-workers support him every step of the way, so he doesn’t need to hide the fact that he prefers men over women. Between the job and his larger than life, loud and rowdy half Irish, half Italian family, there isn’t much time for dating, much less finding a guy that can deal with the stress and demands placed on the shoulders of an NYPD Detective.

Kory White is cocky and abrasive with most people, but it is all a mirage, a façade he hides behind to keep his heart safe. As a child, Kory lost his mother to an act of violence. Soon after, he and his baby sister Kassandra were separated by the system. Kassandra was immediately adopted, but Kory spent the next ten years cycling through foster homes before moving to the Big Apple. In an effort to keep everyone at a distance, Kory has meticulously built himself an alter ego: Hayden Cox, All Cocks’ cockiest model.

These two strong willed men definitely prove opposites do attract. Both are stubborn and hard headed to a fault, Kory more so than Jon. But Jon is used to being in control, the one calling the shots, and Kory fights him at every turn. Just when it seems they have found a way to navigate the unchartered territory that is love, tragedy knocks on Kory’s door yet again. Volatile and strong, even in the face of adversity, both men refuse to give up on each other - or their love.

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4.0 out of 5 starsHow to Deal: An All Cocks Story for Kory and Jon!

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I was so looking forward to Kory and John's story! I mean come on, Kory all cocky and full of attitude getting matched to someone who won't take his crap? This was going to be fun! It didn't disappoint! Jon Brennan is an NYPD Detective from a long line of boys in blue. He loves his job especially now that he got him introduced to his favorite All Cocks model Hayden Cox. But it's not Hayden he wants to get to know, it's Kory and Kory couldn't be more surprised, because everyone usually wants the cocky Hayden over who he truly is as Kory.

I loved these two together even the constant fights because it wasn't one of those fight and run away and not talk for days/weeks kind of things. Jon wouldn't let Kory run away from him, no matter how much he pushed for exactly that!

My one issue is, that in this book a tragedy hits Kory and the All Cocks family, but as much as the one that hits Kory is the main focus (as it should be since it's his story) I feel like the other half the situation was basically glanced over. The true loss from this family was never explored to the level I think it should have been. In book 3 we don't get to live through this event from the other POV either so it really should have shown somewhere. Maybe it's the love of angsty stuff in me, but I truly think this story could've been 5 stars if it just had that part.

Overall, I am still in love with this series and the authors writing is easy to follow and characters are well developed.

Dealing with your past is hard enough when it was rough, but not dealing with it while trying to focus on the present and future is even harder. Corey has met his match in Jon and maybe will finally be able to put his past in the past.

Independent reviewer for Divine Magazine, I was gifted the AUDIO version of this book.

Jon is a NYPD police detective. He meets Kory when dealing with a case. Jon knew who Kory's alter ego is. But Jon didn't want to get to know Hayden Cox, porn star, he wanted to get to know Kory, the man who suffered so much as a child, losing his mum, and his sister. Both men are stubborn, but they both know, they will have to learn to deal with their issues, or lose each other. And that really isn't an option.

This is book 3 in the All Cocks series. I have listened to book one, but not read/listened to book two. I don't think it matters. I didn't miss anything except a more in depth knowledge of how Victor, Andrew and Matthew came to be together.

I enjoyed this one much more than I did book one, but I'm still not sure this troupe of books is for me! And I don't know why!

I again didn't like that we got some of Kory's work. I *think* this might me my biggest problem, that one of the main characters is having sex with someone else. I dunno, maybe it's just me.

I liked that Jon knew up front who Kory has as an alter ego. I liked that he made it clear he did not want to know Hayden, but wanted to know Kory. I liked that Kory fought Jon tooth and nail, all the way! I cried at Kory's past, what happened to him and his sister. Loved how that tuned out!

Also loved watching something happening between some of the other guys at All Cocks.

Joel Leslie narrates.

Although he did not narrate book one, my issues remain the same. Leslie dips his voice in places, making it hard for me to hear, even with the iPod turned right up. Wasn't as much as the narrator did in book one, but it still made me rewind a little to try to catch what was said. I also found the Brennan brothers voices all very similar, bar Tristan, making it hard to judge who was saying what in multi person conversations.

I'll not write Leslie off just yet though. It might just be this particular recording. I'll give him another go, maybe with a different author's piece of work.

I'd also like to READ (rather than listen to) another series by Smith. I like the way their mind works and how they tell a story.

Because I liked both the story and the narration more than book one, but still have some issues...